Both of them really - Roddick and Hewitt both had really promising results in the early 2000's and everyone thought that was going to be the big rivalry of the decade with them sweeping up most slams between them.............then some guy from Switzerland turned up!
@@HULKHOGAN1 A digital camera replay can also be manipulated in the same way. It's all pixels now. Regardless, human umpires make mistakes all the time. Instead of making bogus claims about fake technology they should just ensure the system used is regularly tested independently and not tampered with before matches.
The worst overrules were Serena vs Capriati on 3 different occasions in the final set of their ‘04 US Open quarterfinal, which introduced Hawkeye shortly following that match.
Nowhere near the worst call of all time. Gosh, there's been calls far worse. It was probably out but the umpire should not have called it. Too close. At love-15 with his serve, Roddick should have won that game. Still, he wouldn't have beaten Pete. Roddick would have won four or more majors in most eras. Hewitt, three or four too.
i've seen a shit load of tennis matches in my days, and I gotta say, thats the worst over rule of all time. Roddick's "anger" was I think under the top, I would done a lot more than that with as stupid a call as that one, it creamed the line and some of the inside court. LOL
Completely agree. I've been following the sport closely since '03, watched hundreds of matches, and given the stage of the match and the tournament, this is the single worst call I've ever seen. Even though I've watched this clip several times before, it still shocks me to see him overrule a far sideline ball at 4-5 in the 5th. It is almost a criminal interference in the outcome of this match.
The overrule in Serena's QF against Capriati was way worse. The ball was an inch and a half INSIDE the line and on the far sideline from the umpire. It was unreal how bad of a call that was. And then she got two more bad overrules after that. This was indeed a bad overrule but it may have actually been out, you'd need Hawkeye to know for sure, but Serena's ball was like a clean winner inside the line and the umpire overruled it. Bonkers!
@@ErikCB912 it was out. Roddick's behavior was embarrassing, typical American that thinks the world revolves around him. What did Serena say? I have a child, or I have a daughter. Fuck that puts her in a special, unique category. Lleyton's reaction, focused, water off a duck's back, typical Aussie. Per capita, we're the best tennis players in history, especially in the old days.
Yeah. Hey what would be the worst reaction? Maybe call the umpire a liar and a racist. And if the lines person made a seemingly bad call, threaten to kill them.
This is definitely the worst out call I have ever seen..if Hawkeye were in place back then I doubt that umpire would have the nerve to make that call and if he did, he would probably suffer humiliation..
I remember having watched this game on live in 2001 and all i can deduce is that Lleyton won this match with his Mind and personality,on the other hand, Andy lost it because of his Mind.
Both of these are considered by many to be the ultimate underachievers in Tennis, a term thats not very nice and very unfair, But yes you have Hewitt with 2 and Roddick with 1, its just that their timing was lousy
I know we all get bad calls but to act so cocky. I think it's unacceptable. I think Roddick could have won more if he changed his ways in handling pressure. I think he lacked patience. I find him cocky.
He was definitely cocky throughout his career, but the call was much more unacceptable than his reaction. I always find it funny when people expect athletes to just accept insanely horrific officiating decisions as if it's no big deal. He got jobbed, pure and simple, and to expect him to just be a great guy about it is not fair. If that had been Roger Federer, the chair umpire would have also gotten an earful, I promise you. Deservedly so, also.
Not that Andy Roddick is anywhere near the best player in history, but in history, American's have got screwed in tennis, it shows fore sure. There's obviously reasons for every American players tirades, overall though hawk eye has done a lot to settle it.
My question is where did you get psycho and racist from this comment? Are you completely stuffed in the head? My point was that his reaction was way over the top, and that he sounded and behaved like a cliche American jock. This is hard to deny. Serena, yes, she is a racist... and I do not like her. She also overreacted to a line call and threatened to kill the lines person. She is also a piece of crap who happens to be American. I'm so happy that she is retiring, because it was clear she was obsessed with beating Margaret Court's record. An Australian of course. We're the best at everything.
@@shafqatishan437 Margaret Court holding the Grand Slam record, Rod Laver regarded as the best ever. Then you have a bunch of other highly successful players to pile on top of that. Australia had and has a fraction of the population of America, and America pours billions of dollars into sport scholarship etc. and we're still better.
